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Official name :
Brachylaena elliptica (Thunb.) DC.
Family :
Asteraceae
3 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HS 51
Author(s) :
Sobiecki, J.F.
Title :
A review of plants used in divination in southern Africa and their psychoactive effects
Southern African Humanities, Vol. 20 , Pages 333–351, December, 2008 Pietermaritzburg
Symptoms :
H(167z)
Recipes :
H(167z) psychoactive effects Brachylaena elliptica has uses in treating hysteria in South Africa [44]
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered by the author
Reference HV 51
Author(s) :
Van Wyk, B.-E.
Title :
A review of Khoi-San and Cape Dutch medical ethnobotany.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology , Volume 119, pp.331–341 (2008)
Symptoms :
H(118), H(171)
Recipes :
Leaf decoctions of Brachylaena elliptica gargled for H(118) sore throat; H(171) diabetes (species that are mainly of historical interest) S; from Kling (1923); Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk (1928); reference to be found in HV 51_van Wyk
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa ((from Namaqualand
to the Eastern Cape)
Vernacular name :
bitterblaar, (-blare) (Africaans)
Reference VG 23
Author(s) :
Gerstner, J.
Title :
A preliminary checklist of Zulu names of plants with short notes.
Bantu Studies 12, 215–236, 321–342. (1938). From reference VM 18, HC 26, HL 22
A preliminary checklist of Zulu names of plants with short notes.
Bantu Studies 15, 277–301, 369–383.(1941) From reference VM 18
Symptoms :
V(000)
Recipes :
Vb(000) roots of Brachylaena elliptica, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Zulu region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
